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The Dry‐Cold Climate of the Qijia Archeological Civilization in Chankou of the Loess Plateau along the Silk Road Since the Neolithic Period
Author(s) -
ZHANG Huirong,
DEMBELE Blaise,
ZHANG Wanyi,
ZHANG Jingya,
MA Yuan,
ZHANG Chengjun
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.13752
Subject(s) - period (music) , civilization , loess plateau , dry climate , silk , archaeology , plateau (mathematics) , geography , physical geography , ancient history , geology , art , history , climatology , engineering , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , mathematics , soil science , aesthetics
Large numbers of archeological relics from the Neolithic period are widely distributed in all tributaries of the Yellow River. The early humans tended to reside along the river valleys, and developed small but characteristically decentralized ancient valley culture. It is universally acknowledged that the agriculture exchange between China and western countries and the moderate climate pushed the Neolithic culture prosperity (Chen et al., 2015; Liu Lian et al., 2016; An Chengbang et al., 2017). In this study, we used environmental proxies and age data from the terrace archeological relics sediment section, which are found at the first time in Chankou, a part of the Guanchuan River, the tributary of Yellow River in Gansu to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental change since the last degalcial period, Qijia culture formed under the dry and cold climatic background and with a relative independence.